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. >> reporter: remember obama for america turned into organizing for action after theampaign waover. he has a conference call with em ler today to talk about what he cal clearing the noise and to talk aut his agda. 80% is now the goal. >> this ia fixable problem. oncehey fix i peopleill say i have an opportuty to cover my mily. >> reporter: this week the president suggests extend one year. >> it is a polical band aid but not a permant cure. >> reporter: oextend them permently. democrats defected and agreed with with republica on that. >> reporter: nancy posi insists her party determined. democrats stand paul in support of the affordable care ac >> it is time for aime-out which i haveeen calling for. >> rorter: the president's approval ratings have plummeted. ca he regainamerica's confidence? >> paradise lost and paradise regained. >> reporter: republicans s next year'songressional elections will be a referendum on whether the presidt's policies worked. al clear politics. polls fou democrats have slipped four percent over the last month and republicans o perct. >>> embattled toronto m
. >> reporter: remember obama for america turned into organizing for action after theampaign waover. he has a conference call with em ler today to talk about what he cal clearing the noise and to talk aut his agda. 80% is now the goal. >> this ia fixable problem. oncehey fix i peopleill say i have an opportuty to cover my mily. >> reporter: this week the president suggests extend one year. >> it is a polical band aid but not a permant cure. >> reporter: oextend...
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so how in the world will supporters of obama care defend the new laws? the deadline comes and goes. as those policy cancellations keep rolling in. particularly as they had home and mingle with unhappy constituents during the holidays. something rubio says may be a game changer. >> this law cannot be saved. the question is is how long will it take for democrats to realize that and cooperate in that? so far, the upper echelons of the democratic party, they're still being very stubborn about it but my prediction is check back in eight weeks. >> "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger. washington columnist january esrel. and dan freeman. this is going to be quite a sight. when they face their constituents. i'm thinking back to 2010 and those tea party town halls. a redo of that? >> yes, probably, but the people who are there are not going to be members of the tea party, they're just going to be average americans. they're going to come in and they're going to be very upset about the stories that they have heard of people having their insurance policies is canceled
so how in the world will supporters of obama care defend the new laws? the deadline comes and goes. as those policy cancellations keep rolling in. particularly as they had home and mingle with unhappy constituents during the holidays. something rubio says may be a game changer. >> this law cannot be saved. the question is is how long will it take for democrats to realize that and cooperate in that? so far, the upper echelons of the democratic party, they're still being very stubborn about...
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those are president obama's words today. under the agreement iran has said it will curve its nuclear activity for six months in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. the israeli government says the deal is a major miss stkpae sending a team here to washington to speak with the u.s. about it. in a moment we'll hear from the white house but first our report. >> welcome home demonstrations at the international airport are never spontaneous. but iranian reformists want to believe that they extracted a deal that preserves their national dignity and leaves them less isolated and takes pressure off their pockets. most sanctions imposed against iran were hitting the economy. this leads to the release of some iranian assets. i think everything will get better. >> the foreign minister is using caution to sell the deal he made in geneva. on tv he used the same word as his western counts counter parts about the commitments reversible. in the u.s. president obama is also sounding cautious but there's a tantalizing chance an agreemen
those are president obama's words today. under the agreement iran has said it will curve its nuclear activity for six months in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. the israeli government says the deal is a major miss stkpae sending a team here to washington to speak with the u.s. about it. in a moment we'll hear from the white house but first our report. >> welcome home demonstrations at the international airport are never spontaneous. but iranian reformists want to believe that...
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they don't want obama to have anymore leverage. 390 democratic appointments. the democrats are moving down. they are going to come in and make this move and talking about it for years. >> the filibuster is intended to prevent the majority from running the show and taking it away completely from the minority. >> yes. >> and now we have lost that. is that a bad thing? >> i don't think it is such a bad thing. >> you don't? >> i would preserve some peace of it because i think the part that we have. >> how long has it been in place? how long has it been in place? >> since 1918. >> 1918? you want to take something that has been solid in our history and throw it right out the front door? >> i don't know that i want to change it. to eliminate it. i want to moderate it. >> predictions? >> israeli peace talks collapse. >> democratic rule change on filibuster gives the president three years to get judges in place and the republicans are going to change the rules anyway when they get power. >> susan? >> the farm bill is not going to be passed this year. they can't agree o
they don't want obama to have anymore leverage. 390 democratic appointments. the democrats are moving down. they are going to come in and make this move and talking about it for years. >> the filibuster is intended to prevent the majority from running the show and taking it away completely from the minority. >> yes. >> and now we have lost that. is that a bad thing? >> i don't think it is such a bad thing. >> you don't? >> i would preserve some peace of it...
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through the five years of the obama presidency and this is your context, senate has held votes to he said filibuster 79 times. that's already more than double the amount during president bush's eight years in office. they can now end the debate with a simple majority. however, the new rule does not apply to supreme court nominations or ledges late difference bills. and while the move helps democrats right now, that may not always be the case. yesterday harry reid and mitch mcconnell debated the matter receipts of the vote. >> it's time to change. it's time to change the senate before this institution becomes obsolete. you don't have to like the laws of the land, but do you have to respect the laws and abide by them. is senate working now? can anyone say the senate is working now? i don't think so. >> i realize this sort of wishful thinking might appeal to the uninitiated newcomers who served exactly zero days in the minority. but the rest of you guys in the conference should know better. if you want to play games, set yet another precede press press you'll know doubt regret. >> presi
through the five years of the obama presidency and this is your context, senate has held votes to he said filibuster 79 times. that's already more than double the amount during president bush's eight years in office. they can now end the debate with a simple majority. however, the new rule does not apply to supreme court nominations or ledges late difference bills. and while the move helps democrats right now, that may not always be the case. yesterday harry reid and mitch mcconnell debated the...
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the obama administration admitted it won't meet its own deadline to get obama care up and running. kathleen sebelius saying it is a work of constant improvement. how in the world will supporters of obama care defend the new laws as the deadline comes and goes and as those policy cancellations keep rolling in? particularly as they head home and mingle with a lot of unhappy constituents during the thanksgiving and christmas holidays something republican senator marco rubio says may be a game changer. >> it has to be refield. how long will it take for democrats to realize and cooperate? so far i think at the upper echelons of the democratic party they're being stubborn bit. my prediction, check back in eight week. >> joining the panel "wall street journal" columnist dan headinger and james freeman. dan, quite a sight. when lawmakers go home, i'm thinking back to 2010 and those tea party town halls. are we going to see a redo of that? >> i think we probably will, david, but the people there will not be members of the tea party, just be average americans and they're going to come in and
the obama administration admitted it won't meet its own deadline to get obama care up and running. kathleen sebelius saying it is a work of constant improvement. how in the world will supporters of obama care defend the new laws as the deadline comes and goes and as those policy cancellations keep rolling in? particularly as they head home and mingle with a lot of unhappy constituents during the thanksgiving and christmas holidays something republican senator marco rubio says may be a game...
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improve obama care? right now, 41% of you say yes. 59% say no. >> the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire as well as facebook and twitter. >> join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, obama care's numbers finally released. >> we're going to give you the best numbers we can. >> but they don't add up to nearly enough for the white house. >> then families rimmed apart in the philippines. >> i love my daughter. i told her during the evacuation, go, go! but my daughter said no, mama, i can't leave you. >> the best defense is a good offense. >> have you ever smoked marijuana? it is a question that's simple. a yes or a no. have you smoked marijuana? >> let's go "outfront." >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" the numbers for obama care are in and they're a bit scary. 106,185 people enrolled in obama care during its first month. only 25% of them through health care.gov. the overall number that is needed for obama care to work is 7 m
improve obama care? right now, 41% of you say yes. 59% say no. >> the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire as well as facebook and twitter. >> join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, obama care's numbers finally released. >> we're going to give you the best numbers we can. >> but they don't add up to nearly enough for the white house. >> then families rimmed apart...
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he was protecting president obama. dan, you and i were chatting about this. what do you think fell through that day? >> well, i think one of the big things was the lack of intelligence sharing. oswald had an fbi file. the cia knew about him as well. the secret service had no idea. the intelligence sharing back then was minimal at best. almost no footprint at langley or anything like that. now we the robust -- there's robust intelligence sharing. >> didn't work prior to 9/11, they weren't sharing stuff. >> the siloed agencies are big problem but the secret service has a lot of become and forth between the local police. the local police may know something that the fbi doesn't. >> what has changed since that assassination. we don't see too many president wall motorcades. >> having been in the transportation section, the way we handle motorcade security in general has complete he changed. we view it like a deadly diamond. two things you know at any site. you know where the president is going to land and going to. we he is going to handat an airport and do to grac
he was protecting president obama. dan, you and i were chatting about this. what do you think fell through that day? >> well, i think one of the big things was the lack of intelligence sharing. oswald had an fbi file. the cia knew about him as well. the secret service had no idea. the intelligence sharing back then was minimal at best. almost no footprint at langley or anything like that. now we the robust -- there's robust intelligence sharing. >> didn't work prior to 9/11, they...
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a dramatic week in the battle over obama care. indiana congressman todd young bashing the affordable care act during the weekly gop address after hhs secretary kathleen b sebelius was grilled again by lawmakers and president obama apologized to the american people over promises that were not kept after the marketplace opened. molly heninburg is live in washington with a recap. >> add to that more maintenance work this weekend. on the obama care website. from today until tuesday morning. the irs will be working on part of the website that lets enrollees figure out if they're eligible for government subsidies. that's one of the ways the obama administration has said it will reduce costs to people. some will be able to get taxpayer dollars to help pay for their plans. that part of the site will be down until tuesday morning. millions of people find out in the past month they'll be losing the health care plans they have now. republican todd young says americans feel betrayed by this and by the higher costs many are facing to buy new p
a dramatic week in the battle over obama care. indiana congressman todd young bashing the affordable care act during the weekly gop address after hhs secretary kathleen b sebelius was grilled again by lawmakers and president obama apologized to the american people over promises that were not kept after the marketplace opened. molly heninburg is live in washington with a recap. >> add to that more maintenance work this weekend. on the obama care website. from today until tuesday morning....
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this and that's why if you're obama, this preliminary deal is a good deal. and if you're israel or the arab states, it doesn't do anything to get at that capability and might -- >> schieffer: how far are say the saudis from having nuclear weapons? >> we don't thine have a nuclear weapons program. but they under wrote the pakistani program. which was put together more than a decade ago. there's always been an assumption if they needed a weapon they could make a deal with the pakistanis to get one. you can imagine -- >> schieffer: just buy it? >> they already paid for it under that theory the question is how would you get it delivered. this is something that u.s. intelligence watches like a hawk as you can imagine. and various moments when saudis want to turn up the heat they keep saying, lookf we think iran is too close we're not going to let be there a shia bomb we'll make sure that there is a sunni alternative. >> john, the president has the lowest ratings of his presidency, his signature program now opposed by 61% of the people. does this have any impact o
this and that's why if you're obama, this preliminary deal is a good deal. and if you're israel or the arab states, it doesn't do anything to get at that capability and might -- >> schieffer: how far are say the saudis from having nuclear weapons? >> we don't thine have a nuclear weapons program. but they under wrote the pakistani program. which was put together more than a decade ago. there's always been an assumption if they needed a weapon they could make a deal with the...
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obama care's threat to liberalism. the a.p., obama health care woes become credibility fight. "the national journal." incompetence, deception and lack of accountability still hound white house and health reform. and then there's the youth. bowie state university. >> it's obama's fault. you haven't done anything, obama, and i'm disappointed in you. >> what are you going to do for health insurance now? >> not get sick. >> obama care is expected to cost $3,000 a year. do you think you can afford that? >> i can't afford anything right now. i can't even afford my loans. >> we don't have that money. we can barely afford books. >> he said he's for his people, but actually, he's not. he's actually for the money in his pocket instead of helping the people out. >> when it was hyped up, it was supposed to solve a lot of problems and help a lot of people, and it's not really doing that. >> so problematic. you can't deny whether you're going to get, you know, your sources, across the board, you're going to see it's pretty uniform, and even in areas that before used to be very supportive of
obama care's threat to liberalism. the a.p., obama health care woes become credibility fight. "the national journal." incompetence, deception and lack of accountability still hound white house and health reform. and then there's the youth. bowie state university. >> it's obama's fault. you haven't done anything, obama, and i'm disappointed in you. >> what are you going to do for health insurance now? >> not get sick. >> obama care is expected to cost $3,000 a...
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breaki breaking news on obama care. now extending the enrollment from december 15th to december 23rd in order to get coverage by january 15th. this just happening moments ago. yet another delay now for obama care. the administration postponing the 2015 enrollment period until after the midterm elections next year. that announcement came yesterday claiming it's going to give them more time to study their options. skepticism is running high on capitol hill that it's all a
breaki breaking news on obama care. now extending the enrollment from december 15th to december 23rd in order to get coverage by january 15th. this just happening moments ago. yet another delay now for obama care. the administration postponing the 2015 enrollment period until after the midterm elections next year. that announcement came yesterday claiming it's going to give them more time to study their options. skepticism is running high on capitol hill that it's all a
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option and removed the minorities ability to exercise what little power it had left, to block president obama's judicial nominees. frustrated with the g.o.p.'s long list of obstructive judges and agency heads, the move by the democrats upended 225 years of senate history,
option and removed the minorities ability to exercise what little power it had left, to block president obama's judicial nominees. frustrated with the g.o.p.'s long list of obstructive judges and agency heads, the move by the democrats upended 225 years of senate history,
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obama care's threat to liberalism. the ap, obama health care woes become credibility fight. and national journal, incompetence, deception and lack of accountability still hound white house and health reform. and also there's this. an historically black college, buoy state university. >> you haven't done anything, obama, and i'm disappointed in you. >> obama care's expected to cost about $3,000 a year. do you think you can afford that? >> i can't afford anything right now. i can't even afford my loans. >> we don't have that money. we can barely afford books. >> he said he is for people but actually he's not. he's putting money in white people's pocket instead of helping black people out. >> it was hyped up to be that it would solve a lot of problems, help a lot of people, and it's not really doing it. >> so problematic. you can't deny whether you're going to get your, you know, sources from a variety, across the board. it's pretty uniform, people voicing criticism and concern. even in areas that before used to be very supportive of the president, any policies he wanted to put
obama care's threat to liberalism. the ap, obama health care woes become credibility fight. and national journal, incompetence, deception and lack of accountability still hound white house and health reform. and also there's this. an historically black college, buoy state university. >> you haven't done anything, obama, and i'm disappointed in you. >> obama care's expected to cost about $3,000 a year. do you think you can afford that? >> i can't afford anything right now. i...
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president obama has ordered flags at government buildings to be flown at half staff to mark the anniversary. also be a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 10:30 marking the moment president kennedy shot. abc will have live coverage. >> to this day there is disagreement about what really happened that day in sdal last. did oswald act alone or part of larger cps. >> what was true motive. deep experience author in the case has new book and l dan noyes is in the newsroom tonight with an exclusive interview on this. >> it was about 400 people there in the plaza that day watching the president motorcade taking pictures and we still don't really know what happened. but this author tells me he has answered one very important question. about situation. this author new book last second in dallas comes to a startling conclusion about lee harvey oswald. >> i emphatically deny these charges. >>reporter: he was arrested for shooting the president from the sixth floor of the texas school buck depository in dallas. >> whatever lee harvey oswald did or did not do on that day 50 years ago he did not kill j
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i mean obama care, you know, push through with no republican support. it's never had the support of of the majority of the american people. then president obama with his magic wand extending the year for the employer mandate and then now changing the date for, you know, enrollment and yesterday harry reid doing something he said he'd never do, eliminating minority rights for federal judges and beyond in the senate which was meant to be the place where tempers cooled. what is going on right now? >> what is going on is the fulfillment of a progressive dream 100 years old. 100 years ago we were in the first year of the first progressive democratic president woodrow wilson. he did not do at the margins, he criticized at root and branch. he said the separation of powers is inappropriate for the modern age because america to be governed needs more power concentrated in washington, more and more washington power concentrated in the executive bramplg and more and more executive branch power concentrated in executive agencies immunized from control or even super
i mean obama care, you know, push through with no republican support. it's never had the support of of the majority of the american people. then president obama with his magic wand extending the year for the employer mandate and then now changing the date for, you know, enrollment and yesterday harry reid doing something he said he'd never do, eliminating minority rights for federal judges and beyond in the senate which was meant to be the place where tempers cooled. what is going on right now?...
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president obama has ordered flags at government buildings to be flown at half staff to mark the anniversary. also be a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 1030 marking the moment president kennedy shot. abc will have live coverage. >> to this day there is disagreement about what really happened that day in sdal last. did oswald act alone or part of larger cps. >> what was true motive. deep experience author in the case has new book and l dan noyes is in the newsroom tonight with an exclusive interview on this. >> it was about 400 people there in the plaza that day watching the president motorcade taking pictures and we still don't really know what happened. but this author tells me he has answered one very important question. about situation. this author new book last second in dallas comes to a startling conclusion about lee harvey oswald. >> i emphatically deny these charges. >>reporter: he was arrested for shooting the president from the sixth floor of the texas school buck depository in dallas. >> whatever lee harvey oswald did or did not do on that day 50 years ago he did not kill jo
president obama has ordered flags at government buildings to be flown at half staff to mark the anniversary. also be a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 1030 marking the moment president kennedy shot. abc will have live coverage. >> to this day there is disagreement about what really happened that day in sdal last. did oswald act alone or part of larger cps. >> what was true motive. deep experience author in the case has new book and l dan noyes is in the newsroom tonight with...
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. >>> back here at home tonight and to the toll on president obama in the wake of the troubled obama care website. that "saturday night live" kit joking the president might need an anti depressant because of plummeting polls. tonight the poll part is increasingly becoming reality. his approval ratings at an all-time low. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl with a brand new abc news poll. these are numbers the president has been insulated, his personal traits? >> reporter: clearly the obama care troubles are the biggest factor here but we are seeing something different. for the first time in our poll the majority say they have an unfavorable view of obama personally. take a look at this. on the question of whether he was a strong leader, the majority say no. we have never seen that before. asked if obama was honest and trustworthy, again, for the first time the majority say no. we have never seen such negative reviews of obama's personal attributes. that may be the most troubling thing as the president faces that race against time that every second term president must
. >>> back here at home tonight and to the toll on president obama in the wake of the troubled obama care website. that "saturday night live" kit joking the president might need an anti depressant because of plummeting polls. tonight the poll part is increasingly becoming reality. his approval ratings at an all-time low. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl with a brand new abc news poll. these are numbers the president has been insulated, his personal traits?...
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counter terrorism operations well after the official combat role has ended in 2014 because president obama and hamid karzai signed an agreement, the strategic partnership agreement is what it's called, which laid out the 2024 deadline in may of 2012. a year and a half ago. but what the problem is that there are some details within the agreement that still have at the very highest levels of the government here in washington concerned and that is primarily that the karzai government is trying to put severe restrictions on the u.s. military capability to conduct some operations if necessary. for example, if they were on a base and somebody were to attack the base. under the karzai rules they wouldn't be able to launch a preemptive strike to protect themselves. that's unacceptable to the u.s. government, to the u.s. military. those things have to be worked out in the -- and then a vote from the afghan parliament and officials here are saying, they are looking at least another 60 days before any kind of final agreement is reached there in afghanistan with the u.s. they hope. >> and in addition
counter terrorism operations well after the official combat role has ended in 2014 because president obama and hamid karzai signed an agreement, the strategic partnership agreement is what it's called, which laid out the 2024 deadline in may of 2012. a year and a half ago. but what the problem is that there are some details within the agreement that still have at the very highest levels of the government here in washington concerned and that is primarily that the karzai government is trying to...
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time's cover story looks at what obama care means for the obama presidency and the so-called race for the cure. the times deputy managing editor is here. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to read one big item from the piece that's important. it says democrats admit they're in a hole. yet, the most ambitious parts of the law, the expansion of medicaid benefits, the end to discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions, the coverage of adult children, have little to do with this individual insurance market at the center of the current storm. when you look at this piece and this big time cover that a lot of people are digesting in the coming days, it reflects a lot of the concern that what's bad for obama care might be bad for the democrats in the midterms. and reading that i kind of thought, who cares? i'm more concerned about the people in america who are struggling in the health insurance marketplace. do you feel the article was sort of reflecting the politics of washington in that regard or falling into it? tell us about that. >> it's very much about the current storm
time's cover story looks at what obama care means for the obama presidency and the so-called race for the cure. the times deputy managing editor is here. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to read one big item from the piece that's important. it says democrats admit they're in a hole. yet, the most ambitious parts of the law, the expansion of medicaid benefits, the end to discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions, the coverage of adult children, have little to do...
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plus, is president obama determined to outlaw roller coasters? >> it should be washington's focus. that's what everybody in washington should be thinking about every day. >>> and finally should our military replace its tanks with fire breathing dragons. none of these stories on red eye tonight. >> i like the stories more than the
plus, is president obama determined to outlaw roller coasters? >> it should be washington's focus. that's what everybody in washington should be thinking about every day. >>> and finally should our military replace its tanks with fire breathing dragons. none of these stories on red eye tonight. >> i like the stories more than the
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is president obama in? >> i don't think he did a great deal for relieve him of the political peril that his broken promise regarded by many as a lie has put him and despite diplomatic language employed by your guests about the fix, it seems clear to me the fix won't go very far and won't do very much and if it did, it would destabilize the market because it would leave out of the exchange policies a great many people of the very kind they need. they need young, healthy people to sign up and buy extensive policies to balance the risk pool so that there will be enough money to afford to pay for the care of the older, sicker people who are also getting this insurance. so there's both a political problem and a substantive problem and i don't see that what he's done has alleviated it. >> in the house on friday, 39 democrats jumped ship and voted with a republican plan that i think most people feel would effect got obama care and more than 100 democrats would have joined the republican effort. here's a clip from
is president obama in? >> i don't think he did a great deal for relieve him of the political peril that his broken promise regarded by many as a lie has put him and despite diplomatic language employed by your guests about the fix, it seems clear to me the fix won't go very far and won't do very much and if it did, it would destabilize the market because it would leave out of the exchange policies a great many people of the very kind they need. they need young, healthy people to sign up...
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." >>> president obama is crambling to save obama care and possibly his presidency. on friday he met with insurance industry executives to address a new plan to undue the cancellation of health insurance for millions of americans. joining me now are two figures, karen ignagni. and also ben nelsson, coe of the national association of insurance commissioners. after the president announced his fix, you put out this statement changing the rules after health plans already met the...
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it doesn't distract people from obama care. it reminds them of obama care. it reminds them of all the broken promises. it reminds them of the power grab. it reminds them of the way democrats set up one set of rules for themselves and another for everybody else. >> you know what, steve? i think he's making a kind of heroic effort to change the subject. you know what it reminds me of? the filibuster itself. they're breaking through the filibuster, and now they're thinking of all the games that have been played. there's ted cruz. remember why wi didn't have a budget? because cruz wouldn't let the budget committees meet. all these games they play on the hill to stop the president from being president, to get him off the record books so they can claim, look, he wasn't really president. he was want able to do this, wasn't able to to that. i hope reid sticks to it. >> a lot of republicans will never admit it secretly, but i think they're secretly relieved by this. the more and more absurd it got. when the got to the point where the argument from grassley and mcconn
it doesn't distract people from obama care. it reminds them of obama care. it reminds them of all the broken promises. it reminds them of the power grab. it reminds them of the way democrats set up one set of rules for themselves and another for everybody else. >> you know what, steve? i think he's making a kind of heroic effort to change the subject. you know what it reminds me of? the filibuster itself. they're breaking through the filibuster, and now they're thinking of all the games...
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president obama has ordered flags at government buildings to be flown at half staff to mark the anniversary. also be a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 10:30 marking the moment president kennedy shot. abc will have live coverage. >> to this day there is disagreement about what really happened that day in sdal last. did oswald act alone or part of larger cps. >> what was true motive. deep in the caser in the case has new book and l dan noyes is in the newsroom tonight with an exclusive interview on this. >> it was about 400 people there in the plaza that day watching the president motorcade taking pictures and we still don't really know what happened. but this author tells me he has answered imporvt situation. this author new book last second in dallas comes to a startling conclusion about lee harvey oswald. >> i emphatically deny these charges. >>reporter: he was arrested for shooting the president from the sixth floor of the texas school buck depository in dallas. >> whatever lee harvey oswald did or did not do on that day 50 years ago he did not kill john kennedy. >> before you dismi
president obama has ordered flags at government buildings to be flown at half staff to mark the anniversary. also be a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 10:30 marking the moment president kennedy shot. abc will have live coverage. >> to this day there is disagreement about what really happened that day in sdal last. did oswald act alone or part of larger cps. >> what was true motive. deep in the caser in the case has new book and l dan noyes is in the newsroom tonight with an...
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. >>> president obama's 80% solution to obama care. and a possible political solution to the accountability question. plus senator rand paul joins us for center seat. this is "special report." >>> good evening miami bret baier the obama administration is not denying a report that it would happily take a four out of five approach to declaring the president's health care reform plan a success. but even that relatively modest achievement may not be enough to keep some in the administration from losing their jobs. we have fox team coverage tonight. mike emanuel is on capitol hill with congressional democrats in disarray. jim angle here in the bureau with why the president's most recent offer to fix the program just makes things much worse. but we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry on the latest efforts by the president to stop the bleeding from obama care. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. you remember last week the president vowed to fix his credibility with the american people. he starts tonight on a conference ca
. >>> president obama's 80% solution to obama care. and a possible political solution to the accountability question. plus senator rand paul joins us for center seat. this is "special report." >>> good evening miami bret baier the obama administration is not denying a report that it would happily take a four out of five approach to declaring the president's health care reform plan a success. but even that relatively modest achievement may not be enough to keep some...
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president barack obama. >> let's go to geneva where international talks are heating up on the future of iran's nuclear program. the chief negotiator of tehran says iran will not sign up for a nuclear deal and lets the world accepts its right to enrich you uranium.em -- in which iran's says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. for many in the west, it is creating a nuclear bomb. the foreign minister of france said the west needed to be firm and its dealings with iran over the program, but he said he was hopeful and accord could be struck this week. the deputy iranian foreign minister said this session is all about rebuilding trust. >> what we are trying now is to rebuild confidence that we lost in previous negotiations because of the mismanagement which was in the previous round. any seriousdecided negotiations yet. but we are trying hard since gainrday to once again confidence between the two sides of the negotiations. had difficultyow last time. >> something completely different for you. if you are a fan of absurd comedy, it is your lucky day. in london, the five surviving
president barack obama. >> let's go to geneva where international talks are heating up on the future of iran's nuclear program. the chief negotiator of tehran says iran will not sign up for a nuclear deal and lets the world accepts its right to enrich you uranium.em -- in which iran's says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. for many in the west, it is creating a nuclear bomb. the foreign minister of france said the west needed to be firm and its dealings with iran over the...
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in essence, most democrats voted to stop republicans from block most of president obama's nominations with filibusters. here are the facts. the president's nominations for the judicial and executive branches now require just 51 votes, a simple majority, instead of 60. this does not change anything for supreme court name nations -- nominations. this also applies to future presidents, so if republicans get -- if democrats get it back they have to deal with this as well. president obama said the democrats had to make the change to get anything done in washington. >> today's pattern of obstruction just isn't normal. it's not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything no matter what the merits just too refight the results of an election is not normal. >> republicans say the vote was power grab. >> i would sum it up by saying it's a sad day in the history of the senate, after today, advise and consent means to then, 100% consent. >> one democratic senator said the level of gridlock today became a tipping point. mike emanuel is on capitol hill. so
in essence, most democrats voted to stop republicans from block most of president obama's nominations with filibusters. here are the facts. the president's nominations for the judicial and executive branches now require just 51 votes, a simple majority, instead of 60. this does not change anything for supreme court name nations -- nominations. this also applies to future presidents, so if republicans get -- if democrats get it back they have to deal with this as well. president obama said the...
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obama care continues to be in critical condition. senate republicans released letters from top insurance companies indicating only five people signed up in washington, d.c. in october. the d.c. officials said those numbers don't show the whole picture of enrollment and interest. >> we've had this problem with the website. >> reporter: the main problem, the website. traveling in new orleans, the president joked he wish he could take care of them himself. >> i wanted to go fix it myself but i don't write code. >> reporter: the man in charge of fixing the site told reporters, it is still in big trouble. >> it remains a long way from where it needs to be. as we put new fixes in, the volume is increasing, and posing new storage capacity and software application issues. >> reporter: the president did not address his now historic apology to americans who are losing their insurance after they were told if they like their plan they could keep it. >> i am sorry. we're going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a to
obama care continues to be in critical condition. senate republicans released letters from top insurance companies indicating only five people signed up in washington, d.c. in october. the d.c. officials said those numbers don't show the whole picture of enrollment and interest. >> we've had this problem with the website. >> reporter: the main problem, the website. traveling in new orleans, the president joked he wish he could take care of them himself. >> i wanted to go fix...
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president obama spoke with the president aquino of the philippines this morning. the u.s. marines are on the ground in manila. >>> the death of 19-year-old mcbride of detroit has been ruled by the medical examiner to be a homicide. she was in a car accident and knocked on a stranger's door looking for help and she was shot in the face. the homeowner claims it was an accident and prosecutors have not decided whether to press charges. >> caroline kennedy is now ambassador caroline kennedy to japan at the state department earlier today. tonight japan's ambassador will welcome kennedy in an event at the japanese embassy. >> a team of experts confirmed what we already knew, new york is number one on tall buildings and urban habitat. this is a thing. announced one world trade center is the tallest building in the united states, beat out chicago's willis tower, former sears tower. it stands at 1776 feet tall, commemorating the year we gained our independence. that is your news. now the spin. most of us think of the holidays as the most wonderful time of the year. the major retail
president obama spoke with the president aquino of the philippines this morning. the u.s. marines are on the ground in manila. >>> the death of 19-year-old mcbride of detroit has been ruled by the medical examiner to be a homicide. she was in a car accident and knocked on a stranger's door looking for help and she was shot in the face. the homeowner claims it was an accident and prosecutors have not decided whether to press charges. >> caroline kennedy is now ambassador caroline...
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in obama care during its first month. only 25% of them through healthcare.gov. the overall number that is needed for obama care to work is 7 million by the end of march. dana bash is in washington for us tonight. dana, i guess the facts are the facts in this case. these numbers are pretty terrible. >> reporter: they are. there's no way to sugar coat it, erin. not even the president's closest allies in capitol hill are trying to do that. it's not just a political blow. it's a problem that could undermine the viability of this new law. as you mentioned, for obama care to work they need many more people enrolled. five times as many as they got last month. it's a major reason that these enrollment problems are causing such a headache for the administration, particularly because it is the web site that is causing the numbers to be so low. and that was a subject of a highly partisan hearing on capitol hill today. a month and a half after its troubled launch, the health care web site is still running at barely half its intended
in obama care during its first month. only 25% of them through healthcare.gov. the overall number that is needed for obama care to work is 7 million by the end of march. dana bash is in washington for us tonight. dana, i guess the facts are the facts in this case. these numbers are pretty terrible. >> reporter: they are. there's no way to sugar coat it, erin. not even the president's closest allies in capitol hill are trying to do that. it's not just a political blow. it's a problem that...
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is michele obama a feminist hero or nightmare? there is an article that says the first lady is a feminist nightmare. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, my little boy memories of 50 year ace go today when i walked into arlington national cemetery following president kennedy's casket to his final resting place. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "limit the cash i earn every month" card. it's not the "i only earn decent rewards at the gas station" card. it's the no-games, no-signing up, everyday-rewarding, kung-fu-fighting, silver-lightning-in-a-bottle, bringing-home-the-bacon cash back card. this is the quicksilver card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. so ask yourself, what's in your wallet? >> today the virginia state board of elections certified democrat mark herring as the winner of the november election for virginia attorney general republican state senator by 165 votes out of more than 2 million votes that were cast. he has not yet called
is michele obama a feminist hero or nightmare? there is an article that says the first lady is a feminist nightmare. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, my little boy memories of 50 year ace go today when i walked into arlington national cemetery following president kennedy's casket to his final resting place. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "limit the cash i earn every month" card. it's not the "i only earn decent rewards at the gas...
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half a century after the flame was lit, president obama and former president clinton came to honor their fallen predecessor. he was charismaticharismatic, l patriotic. he faced down the soviets in cuba and jfk ignored the polls. he pushed for black voting rights, knowing it could cost him re-election. but before kennedy could see the voting right act passed, he and first lady jackie kennedy went to dallas and jfk was assassinated. america was stunned. gunman lee harvey oswald was shot and killed in police custody. conspiracy theorys swirled and the official investigation would be rushed and incomplete. today most historians agree oswald alone killed kennedy but america's spirit was wounded. >> we never trusted government as much. we never felt as secure as we did before the kennedy assassination. >> barack obama picked today to award 16 presidential freedom. >> because this marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedy establishing the honor. >> oprah received one and bill clinton. and then the presidents went to arlington where the memory of our 35th president burns brightly. jfk's da
half a century after the flame was lit, president obama and former president clinton came to honor their fallen predecessor. he was charismaticharismatic, l patriotic. he faced down the soviets in cuba and jfk ignored the polls. he pushed for black voting rights, knowing it could cost him re-election. but before kennedy could see the voting right act passed, he and first lady jackie kennedy went to dallas and jfk was assassinated. america was stunned. gunman lee harvey oswald was shot and...
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is michele obama a feminist hero or nightmare? there is an article that says the first lady is a feminist nightmare. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, my little boy memories of 50 year ace go today when i walked into arlington national cemetery following president kennedy's casket to his final resting place. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one rate, i could fill a box and ship it for one flat rate. so i knit until it was full. you'd be crazy not to. is that nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. >> today the virginia state board of elections certified democrat mark herring as the winner of the november election for virginia attorney general republican state senator by 165 votes out o
is michele obama a feminist hero or nightmare? there is an article that says the first lady is a feminist nightmare. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, my little boy memories of 50 year ace go today when i walked into arlington national cemetery following president kennedy's casket to his final resting place. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended...
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topping the news at this hour, the obama care vote. some democrats breaking ranks with the administration over the botched health care rollout and they're teaming up with the republicans to try and let people keep their health care plan. >> well, more than a week after a super typhoon tore through the philippi
topping the news at this hour, the obama care vote. some democrats breaking ranks with the administration over the botched health care rollout and they're teaming up with the republicans to try and let people keep their health care plan. >> well, more than a week after a super typhoon tore through the philippi
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>> i am most grateful to president obama for entrusting me with this important mission. >> reporter: she is very close to the president, ever since she and her late uncle teddy endorsed him at a critical point in the 2008 campaign. and there is family history. john f. kennedy's only surviving off spring said she was eager to fulfill her father's legacy. >> as a world war ii veteran who served in the pacific, he had hoped to be the first sit president to make a state visit to japan. >> reporter: president kennedy had hoped to reunite his crew in japan with the japanese ship crew that had sunk their boat in the war. in fact, when jfk was shot, they his secretary of state was halfway there. now that the daughter is in tokyo, she didn't want to be here for the anniversary. >> in many ways, she was an ambassador all her life. >> reporter: a lawyer and author, she is a diplomat and novelist. jean kennedy smith was bill clinton's ambassador to ireland. and uncle schreiber was ambassador to france. >> thank you so much. [ speaking japanese ] >> reporter: and japan's government is apparently
>> i am most grateful to president obama for entrusting me with this important mission. >> reporter: she is very close to the president, ever since she and her late uncle teddy endorsed him at a critical point in the 2008 campaign. and there is family history. john f. kennedy's only surviving off spring said she was eager to fulfill her father's legacy. >> as a world war ii veteran who served in the pacific, he had hoped to be the first sit president to make a state visit to...
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you wrote the gullibility of the obama pursuit, mr. obama's pursuit in an opening with iran unsettled america's allies in the region. there's a powerful feeling of abandonment. in israel, there is the bitter realization that america's strongest ally in the region is now made to look like the final holdout against a blissful era of compromise that will calm a turbulent region. will a deal with nuclear iran make the middle east more or less stable, in your view? >> i believe something about officials now. i will not state publicly. i think iran is going to be a school drivers twist away from a nuclear weapon. i think the th is the truth we cannot utter. iran is well on its way to acquiring a nuclear weapon. here, talking to the iranians about uranium enrichment. there's another trick. there's another path to the bomb. it's heavy water reactor in iraq where they produce plutonium. plutonium could be a way to the bomb. the decision in iran, iran is hell bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. they believe it is their right. they believe they ar
you wrote the gullibility of the obama pursuit, mr. obama's pursuit in an opening with iran unsettled america's allies in the region. there's a powerful feeling of abandonment. in israel, there is the bitter realization that america's strongest ally in the region is now made to look like the final holdout against a blissful era of compromise that will calm a turbulent region. will a deal with nuclear iran make the middle east more or less stable, in your view? >> i believe something about...
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one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you san see a direct line as well. he put across that nuclear test ban treaty which was a major advance. he also put that civil rights bill before the congress, and he was taking a big political chance. he and bobby kennedy were convinced that it risked his re-election in 1964. and the peace speech at american university in june of '63, it was a great state paper. i think if he had lived and had a second term we would have seen detente with the soviet union sooner than it owe curved under richard nix son. >> james swanson, i think the impact of him globally and his death. my mother was 18 when he died. she remembers spontaneously bursting into tears because he radiated such excitement and hope and inspiration with these great speeches and great rhetoric and he was handsome and young and vibrant. do we miss that part of his legacy when we discuss kennedy? is that not in itself a mark of a great president that he can affect people so much around
one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you san see a direct line as well. he put across that nuclear test ban treaty which was a major advance. he also put that civil rights bill before the congress, and he was taking a big political chance. he and bobby kennedy were convinced that it risked his re-election in 1964. and the peace speech at american university in june of '63, it was a great state paper. i think if he had lived and had a...
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president obama set out to fix a broken promise today. he's always said that obamacare would never force americans to give up a health insurance policy they liked. but then insurance companies started canceling nearly five million policies because those policies don't meet the higher standards of the affordable car act. the outcry has been getting louder by the day. here was the president on this day. >> i completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of americans, particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan that they liked, they could keep it. and to those americans, i hear you loud and clear. i said that i would do everything we can to fix this problem, and today i'm offering an idea that will help do it. >> pelley: and with that, he announced a reversal. he will now allow insurance companies to reinstate those canceled policies at least for one year. mr. obama also took the hit today for the failed rollout of his health insurance web site. chief white house correspondent major garrett made news when he
president obama set out to fix a broken promise today. he's always said that obamacare would never force americans to give up a health insurance policy they liked. but then insurance companies started canceling nearly five million policies because those policies don't meet the higher standards of the affordable car act. the outcry has been getting louder by the day. here was the president on this day. >> i completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of americans, particularly after...
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president obama going ahead with the deal over his objections. after this deal is done, secretary kerry planning to definitely say he wants to be traveling to israel to be talking about it. >> just in time for hanukkah. thank you both so much. >>> coming up next on "the lead," it's essential for the success ever obama care. young healthy americans need to sign up. are they? >>> plus, it's a costly hollywood challenge, turning a huge bestselling novel into a blockbuster at the box office. are "hunger games" fans happy with the sequel? ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. ♪ the more i remember this place, the more i want to go back. a city so diverse it makes you feel there's never enough time to enjoy it. a place where something is always happening and yet sometimes it feels like time has stopped completely. i don't know how to explain it, we just have to go back. mexico city, live it to believe it. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob wer
president obama going ahead with the deal over his objections. after this deal is done, secretary kerry planning to definitely say he wants to be traveling to israel to be talking about it. >> just in time for hanukkah. thank you both so much. >>> coming up next on "the lead," it's essential for the success ever obama care. young healthy americans need to sign up. are they? >>> plus, it's a costly hollywood challenge, turning a huge bestselling novel into a...
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well it seems like bush and obama are not the only presidents that have been instrumental in the n.s.a.'s bulk collection of america's metadata we're now learning that president reagan deserves some of the credit for those sweeping n.s.a. powers in one thousand nine hundred one reagan approved something called executive order twelve triple three an order that mandates the duties and foreign intelligence collection of the country's seventeen intelligence agencies now as you might imagine this order has had no oversight by congress it holds many questionable privacy protections if any at all and the only changes that have been made to it have come from guidelines issued by the attorney general the language in this order is so confusing and complicated that most people don't even understand it when they read it however executive order twelve triple three remains the sapir your authority that guides intelligence operations the order gives agencies the ability to function outside the confines of a warrant or court order if approved by the attorney general and also allows for those instituti
well it seems like bush and obama are not the only presidents that have been instrumental in the n.s.a.'s bulk collection of america's metadata we're now learning that president reagan deserves some of the credit for those sweeping n.s.a. powers in one thousand nine hundred one reagan approved something called executive order twelve triple three an order that mandates the duties and foreign intelligence collection of the country's seventeen intelligence agencies now as you might imagine this...
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michelle obama was not born. she was born two months later. we can see now they're about to lay a wreath. we will, of course, join those proceedings live. i also wanted to talk to you as they line up about recent interviews -- well, let's go to the ceremony and then we'll pick it up on the other end as the wreath is now being presented. [ trumpet playing ] ♪ >> and as the president and mrs. obama are greeting of course ethel kennedy and we saw caroline kennedy's son and now bobby kennedy's children and grandchildren. this moment -- because, of course, bobby kennedy is also buried there alongside his brother at that grave site. and jacqueline kennedy onassas. >> extraordinary set of circumstances, and it's what they call the ultimate domino effect. the first assassination was that of john f. kennedy 50 years ago, and it was kind of the beginning of tragedy in america, the innocent america after world war ii. >> exactly. >> then became the assassination, of course, of bobby kennedy, assassination of martin luther king, then vietnam and waterga
michelle obama was not born. she was born two months later. we can see now they're about to lay a wreath. we will, of course, join those proceedings live. i also wanted to talk to you as they line up about recent interviews -- well, let's go to the ceremony and then we'll pick it up on the other end as the wreath is now being presented. [ trumpet playing ] ♪ >> and as the president and mrs. obama are greeting of course ethel kennedy and we saw caroline kennedy's son and now bobby...
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history have happened just in the obama administration. well, today, democrats pushed through a change in the filibuster rule that was so unthinkable, it was nicknamed "the nuclear option." nancy cordes has the fallout on capitol hill. >> reporter: leaders from both parties have threatened to deploy this nuclear option for decades, but until now, they have never followed through because it fundamentally altered the way the senate works. the senate's democratic leader harry reid said the final straw came when the republicans blocked the pretty three nominees will to the u.s. circuit court in washington, d.c. >> the obstruction we have seen from republicans against president obama has reached new heights never dreamed of. >> reporter: so he called all 100 senators to the floor and announced he was changing a 96- year-old rule, lowering the hurdle for confirming appointees from 60 votes to a simple majority of 51 votes. all but three democrats voted to change the rule. >> the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. >> the furious republican leader, mit
history have happened just in the obama administration. well, today, democrats pushed through a change in the filibuster rule that was so unthinkable, it was nicknamed "the nuclear option." nancy cordes has the fallout on capitol hill. >> reporter: leaders from both parties have threatened to deploy this nuclear option for decades, but until now, they have never followed through because it fundamentally altered the way the senate works. the senate's democratic leader harry reid...